No easy games at international level? Oh, come on. A match against San Marino,
207th and joint-bottom of the world rankings, is as easy as it gets, as
England demonstrated by scoring eight times to equal their biggest victory
since 1982.

Usually, a resounding England win — heck, any England win — will be followed
by questions or indeed proclamations about what it signifies for the
tournament ahead. Last night, with their qualification prospects for Brazil
2014 still in the balance, the questions were more about whether such
one-sided, unbalanced encounters have any place in a World Cup qualifying
campaign.